
The 



^ons of the 
J\merican f^e volution 



Lists of Officers of the National 
and State Societies, to- 
gether with Statistics 
of Membership 
April 30th 
1892 



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The 



^ons of the 
J\merican |^e volution 



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Lists of Officers of the National 

and State Societies, to= 

gether with Statistics 

of Membership 

April 30th 

1892 



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The Republic Press 

336-538 Pearl Street 

New York 




n^HE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLU- 
TION, as a National Society, was organized 
in New York City on the "lOth day of April, 1889, by 
representatives from thirteen States, and was based 
upon the Society of Sons of Revolutionary Sires 
organized in San Francisco, July 4, 1876. 

It now embraces 30 State branches with a regis- 
tered membership of about 3,500. 

The following lists are made from the records 
and from returns received during February and 
March, 1892; and are published by authority of the 
General Board of Managers. 

James C. Cresap, Lieut. U. S. N., 

Secretary General, S. A. R. 



Delegates and Members of the Organizing 
Convention, 

HELD IN FRAUNCES'S TAVERN, N. Y. CITY, APRIL 50TH, i88q. 



Present, 



Representing. 
New Hampshire 



H. K. Slayton, 

C. R. Morrison, 

Fred Leighton, 

Luther L. Tarbell, Massachusetts 

Clarence Stuart Ward, " 

N. C. Upham, " 

Timothy Dwight, 

D. D., LL. D., Connecticut 
Frank F. Starr, " 

Franklin H. Hart, " 

Lucius P. Deming, " 

Charles C. Tage, M. D. -! New York 
( Alabama 



Present. 
Wm. O. McDowell 



George B. Halstead 



Josiah C. Pumpelly 



Representing. 
S New Jersey 
{ California 
\ California 
{ New Jersey 
S California 
( New Jersey 

John Jackson Hubbell \ Ja'ifornia 
•' •' ( Newjersey 

Andrew J. Woodman, Delaware 

James C. Cresap, U.S.N., Maryland 

G. L. Callaway, South Carolina 

Wilson L. Gill, .... Ohio 

Gaius Paddock, .... Missouri 

George B. Abbott, . . . Illinois 



General Officers, 1891-92. 



President-General, Dr. Wm. Seward Webb, 44th Street and Vanderbilt Ave., 

New York City. 
Vice President-General, General Horace Porter, 15 Broad Street, N. Y. City. 
" Jonathan Trumbull, Norwich, Conn. 

" General Bradley T. Johnson, Baltimore, Md. 

" Hon. Albert Edgerton, St. Paul, Minn. 

" Hon. Champion S. Chase, Omaha, Neb. 

Honorary Vice President-General, Rear Admiral John L. Worden, U. S. Navy, 

Washington, D. C. 
" " L. L. Tarbell, Marlboro, Mass. 

" " Hon. William Wirt Henry, Richmond, Va. 

Secretary-General, Lieut. James C. Cresap, U. S. Navy, Annapolis, Md. 
Treasurer-General, James Otis, 44th Street and Vanderbilt Ave., N. Y. City. 
Registrar-General, G. "Brown Goode, Ph. D., LL. D. , National Museum, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 
Historian-General, Henry Hall, " The Tribune" building, N. V. City. 
Surgeon-General, Chas. E. Bkiggs, M. D., St. Louis, Mo. 

Chaplain-General, Rt. Revd. Chas. Edw. Cheney, D. D., LL. D., 2409 Michigan 
Ave., Chicago, III. 



Past Presidents-General, 1876- 1892. 



Honorary Past President-General, Colonel A. S. Hubbard, California. 
Past President-General, . . . Lucius P. Deming, Connecticut. 



Past Vice-Presidents-General, 1889-^92. 



Vice President-at Large, William O. McDowell. 

Vice President for California . . . . A. S. Hubbard. 

New Jersey . . . R. S. Green. 

Kentucky . . . . S. B. Buckner. 

Connecticut . . . J. C. Kinney (deceased). 

West Virginia . . . John J. Jacobs. 

Missouri . . . . D. R. Francis, 

Arkansas . . . . S. W^. Williams. 

Indiana W. H. English. 

Alabama . . . . G. B. West. 

South Carolina . . Wade Hampton. 

Maryland .... John G. Morris. 

Massachusetts . . Edwin S. Barrett. 

Ohio R. B. Hayes. 

Vermont . , . . W. P. Dillingham. 

District of Columbia D. D. Porter (deceased). 

Delaware . . . . J. A. Woodman. 

Tennessee .... Robert L. Taylor. 

Minnesota .... John B. Sanborn. 

Illinois Rt. Revd. Chas. Edward Cheney. 

Wisconsin .... William D. Hoard. 

Michigan . . . . W. H. Brearley. 

Rhode Island . . . Revd. E. B. Andrews. 

New Vork .... William H. Arnoux. 



Executive Committee, 1891 -'92. 



Dr. Wm. Seward Webb, . . . 44th St. and Vanderbilt ave. , N. V. City. 

General Horace Porter, . . . 15 Broad Street, N. Y. City. 

Edwin S. Barrett, 192 Congress Street, Boston, Mass. 

Henry Hall "The Tribune" building, N. Y. City. 

Judge L. P. Deming New Haven, Conn. 

John Whitehead Morristown, N. J. 

General Bradley T. Johnson, . Baltimore, Md. 

Josiah C. Pumpelly, .... Union League Club, N. Y. City. 



Lieut. James C. Cresap, U. S. N., Secretary to the Executive Committee. 

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STATE SOCIETIES. 



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California 


Feb. 22 


45 


16 


Indiana 


Feb. 25 


47 


2 


New Jersey 


Dec. 26 


200 


17 


Michigan 


Jan. 18 


30 


3 


Vermont 


Aug. 16 


201 


18 


Delaware 


Dec. 7 


23 


4 


Connecticut 


May 10 


620 


19 


W. Virginia 


Sept. 11 


15 


5 


So. Carolina 


Apr. 18 


38 


20 


Rhode Island 


May 29 


36 


6 


Massachusetts 


Apr. 19 


481 


21 


Alabama 


Feb. 10 


20 


7 


Maryland 


Oct. 19 


106 


22 


Arkansas 


Feb. II 


52 


8 


Ohio 


Oct. 19 


75 


22 


New York 


Feb. 18 


300 


9 


Kentucky 


Oct. 19 


154 


24 


Dist. of Col'a 


Feb. 22 


346 


• 9 


Missouri 


Feb. 22 


40 


25 


Nebraska 


Feb. 22 


15 


II 


N. Hampshire 


June 17 


154 


26 


Louisiana 


May 16 


25 


12 


Tennessee 


Dec. 2 


25 


27 


Virginia 


May 15 


31 


13 


Minnesota 


May II 


30 


28 


Maine 


Feb. 22 


71 


14 


Illinois 


Dec. 3 


175 


29- 


Oregon 
Washington 


Feb. 22 


40 


14 


Wisconsin 


May 2q 


22 


30 


Kansas 


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CALIFORNIA. 



Organized, July 4th, 1876. 

Date of Annual Meeting, February 22d, to commem- 
orate Washington's Birthday. 
Members : Active, 40; honorary, 5; total 45. 

OFFICERS (Elected February 22, 1892.) 

President, John W. Moore, U. S. N., Mare Island Navy Yard. 

Senior Vice-President, Charles E. Blake, Sr. , 23;^ Post Street, San Francisco. 

Junior Vice-President, J. Etcourt Sawyer, U. S. A., Presidio, San Francisco. 

Secretary, R. S. Gray, 530 California Street, Room 3, San Francisco. 

Treasurer, Charles Jas. King, 323 Front Street, San Francisco. 

Registrar, Colonel A. S. Hubbard, 819 Market Street, Room 52, San Francisco. 

Marshal, W. S. Moses, Masonic Temple, San Francisco. 



NEW JERSEY. 



Organized, March 7, 1889. 

Date of Annual Meeting, December 26, to commemor- 
ate Battle of Trenton. 
Members: Active, 200; honorary, none; total, 200. 

OFFICERS (Elected December 26, 1891.) 

President, John Whitehead, Morristown. 
Senior Vice-President, Frederick Parke, Freehold. 
Secretary, Henry E. Hatfield, Newark. 
Treasurer, Paul Revere, Morristown. 
Registrar, John Jackson Hubbell, Newark. 
Historian, Andrew D. Mellick, Plainfield. 
Chaplain, Revd. Henry Goodwin Smith, Freehold. 



VERMONT. 

Organized. April 2, 18S9. 

Date of Annual Meeting, August 16, to commemorate 

Battle of Bennington. 
Members : Active, 201; honorary, none; total, 201. 
OFFICERS (Elected August 18, 1891.) 

President, John G. McCollough, North Bennington. 
Senior Nice President, H. Henry Powers, Norrisville. 
Secretary, Charles S. Forbes, St. Albans. 
Treasurer, Milton K. Paine, Windsor. 
Registrar, Henry L. Stillson, Bennington. 
Historian, George G. Benedict, Burlington. 
Chaplain, Revd. Lucius M. Hardy, Burlington. 



CONNECTICUT. 



Organized, April 2d, 18S9. 

Date of Annual Meeting, January loth, to commemor- 
ate the capture by Connecticut expedition of Fort 
Ticonderoga. 

Members: Active. 582; honorary, 38; total, 620. 

OFFICERS (Elected May loth, 1891.) 

President, Jonathan Trumbull, Norwich. 
Senior Vice-President, Ebenezer J. Hill, Norwalk. 
Secretary, Lucius F. Robinson, Hartford. 
Treasurer, John C. Hollister, New Haven. 
Registrar, Joseph G. Woodward, Hartford. 
Historian, Frank Farnsworth Starr, Middletown. 
Chaplain, Revd. \Vm. de Loss Love, Hartford. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



Organized, April 18, 1889. 

Members : 38. 

OFFICERS (Elected April 18, 1890.) 

President — office vacant by resignation. 
Senior Vice-President — office vacant by death. 
Secretary, U. R. Brooks, Columbia. 
Treasurer, A. P. Brown, Columbia. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



Organized, April 19, 1889. 

Date of Annual Meeting, April 19, to commemorate 

the battles of Lexington and Concord. 
Members: Active, 481; honorary, none; total, 4S1. 
OFFICERS (Elected April 19, 1892.) 

President, Edwin Shepard Barrett, Concord. 

Vice-Presidents, Edward J. Forster, Boston; Henry Cabot Lodge, Nahant: 

Nathan Appleton, Boston. 
Secretary, William Barrett, Concord. 
Treasurer, Charles M. Green, M. D., Boston. 
Registrar, Nathan Warren, Equitable Life Insurance Co., I'.oston. 
Historian, Alkred A. Stocker, M. D., Cambridge. 
Chaplain, Revd. Calvin A. Staples, Lexington. 



MARYLAND. 

Organized, April 20, 18S9. 

Date of annual meeting, October 19th, to commem- 
orate the burning of the brig "Peggy Stewart," 
with cargo of tea, in Annapolis Harbor, October 
19, 1774- 

Members: Active, 100; honorary, none; total, 100. 

OFFICERS (Elected October 19, 1891.) 

President, General Bradley Tyler Johnson, Baltimore. 
Senior Vice-President, Francis H. Stockett, Esq., Annapolis. 
Secretary, John Richardson Dorsey, 2422 N. Charles Street, Baltimore. 
Treasurer, Francis Putnam Stevens, Bank of Baltimore Building, Baltimore. 
Historian and Registrar, George Norbury Mackenzie, 225 St. Paul Street, 

Baltimore. 
Chaplain, Revd. Dr. John G. Morris, 406 N. Green Street, Baltimore. 



OHIO. 



Organized, April 11, 1889. 

Date of Annual Meeting, October 19, to commemorate 

the surrender of Cornwallis. 
Members: Active, 75; honorary, none; total, 75. 

OFFICERS (Elected October 19, 1891.) 

President, General Henry M. Cist, Cincinnati. 
Senior Vice-President, E. M. P. Brister, Newark. 
2d Vice-President, O. W. Aldrich, Columbus. 
3d Vice-President, George E. Pomeroy, Toledo, 
Corresponding Secretary, John C. Tuthill, Lancaster. 
Recording Secretary, Henry A. Williams, Columbus. 
Treasurer, Revd. W. R. Parsons, Worthington. 
Registrar, W. L. Curry, Columbus. 



KENTUCKY. 



Organized. April 23, 1S89. 

Date of Annual Meeting, October 19, to commemorate 
surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. 

Members: Active, 118; honorary, 36; total. 154. 
OFFICERS (Elected October (9, 1891.) 
President, Hon. H. W. Bruce, Louisville. 
Senior Vice-President, Captain Lewis Buckner, Louisville. 
Secretary, John W. Buchanan, Louisville. 
Treasurer, Grant Green, Frankfort. 
Registrar and Historian, Captain Edward Porter Thompson, Frankfort. 



MISSOURI. 

Organized, April 23, 1889. 

Date of Annual Meeting, February 22d, to commem- 
orate Washington's Birthday. 
Members: Active, 40; honorary, none; total 40. 
OFFICERS (Elected February 22, 1892.) 
President, Nathan Cole, St. Louis. 
Vice-Presidents, Hon. Edward Cabell, Jonas Clark, Gaius Paddock, Colonel 

George E. Leighton, St. Louis. 
Secretary, Harmon J. Bliss, St. Louis. 
Treasurer, Charles E. Briggs, M. D., St. Louis. 
Registrar, John M. Fulton, St. Louis. 
Historian, James K. Hosmer, St. Louis. 
Chaplain, Revd. James H. Brookes, D. D., St. Louis. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



Organized, April 24, i88g. 

Date of Annual Meeting, June 17th, to commemorate 

the Battle of Bunker Hill. 
Members: Active, 148; honorary, 6; total, 154. 
OFFICERS (Elected June 17, 1891.) 
President, Hon. George C. Gilmore, Manchester. 

Senior Vice-President, Hon. John McClary Hill, 50 South Main St., Concord. 
Secretary and Treasurer, Revd. Charles Langdon Tappan, 31 Merrimack Street, 
Concord. 

TENNESSEE. 



Organized, December 2, 1889. 
Members: 25. 

OFFICERS. 

President, Revd. D. C. Kelley. Nashville. 
Secretary and Treasurer, Revd. E. E. Floss, D. D. 



MINNESOTA. 



Organized, December 26, i88g. 
Date of Annual Meeting, May 11. 
Members : 30. 

OFFICERS. 

President, Hon. Albert Eogerton, St. Paul. 
Senior Vice-President, George K. Shaw, Minneapoli-s. 
Secretary and Treasurer, Douglas Putnam, St. Paul. 
Registrar, Cornelius B. Palmer, .St. Paul. 
Historian, E. A. Sumner, Minneapolis. 



ILLINOIS. 

Organized, January 14, 1890. 

Date of Annual Meeting, December 3, to commemorate 

admission of Illinois into Union. 
Members: 175. 

OFFICERS (Elected January 23, 1892.) 

President, Judge Henry M. Shepard, Court House, Chicago. 

Vice-Presidents, Willard T. Block, 164 Dearborn Street; Fernando Jones, 

Esq., 1834 Prairie Ave., Chicago. 
Secretary, John D. Vandercook, 185 Dearborn Street, Chicago. 
Treasurer, David W. Clark, 226 Court House, Chicago. 
Registrar, Edward A. Filkins, 407 Court House, Chicago. 
Historian, John Turner Long, 153 Monroe Street, Chicago. 
Chaplain, Right Revd. Charles Edward Cheney, D. D., LL. D., 2409 

Michigan Ave., Chicago. 
Sergeant-at-Arms, Thomas B. Witherspoon, Chicago. 



WISCONSIN. 



Organized, February 25, 1S90. 

Date of Annual Meeting, May 29, to commemorate 

admission of State into the Union. 
Members: Active, 22; honorary, none; total, 22. 
OFFICERS (Elected June 3, 1S91.) 

President, Don J. Whittemore, C. E., Ph. D., Milwaukee. 
Vice-Presidents, James D. Butler, Madison; Alex. L. Collins, Neenah. 
Secretary, Byron H. Kilkourne, 731 Marshall Street, Milwaukee. 
Treasurer, Paul D. Carpenter, Milwaukee. 
Registrar, William W. Wight, Milwaukee. 
Historian, Frank T. Terry, Marquette. 
Chaplain, Revd. G. Mott Williams, Marquette. 



INDIANA. 



Organized, January 15, 1890. 

Date of Annual Meeting, February 25, to commem- 
orate battle and capture of Fort Vincennes. 
Members: Active, 47; honorar}', none; total, 47. 

OFFICERS (Elected Decemberii, 1S91, to serve till February 25, 1S93.) 

President, William E. Niblack, Indianapolis. 
Senior Vice-President, William E. English, Indianapolis. 
Secretary, Charles W. Moores, Indianapolis. 
Treasurer, Cincinnatus H. McDowell, Indianapolis. 
Registrar, David E. Snyder, Indianapolis. 



MICHIGAN. 



Organized, January i8, 1890. 
Members: 30. 

OFFICERS. 

President, Henry B. Ledyard, Detroit. 
Secretary, Frederick T. Sibley, Detroit. 
Treasurer and Registrar, Silas Farmer, Detroit. 



DELAWARE. 



Organized, January 29, 1890. 

Date of Annua) Meeting, December 27, to commem- 
orate the Anniversary of the Ratification of the 
Constitution of the United Stales by the State of 
Delaware. 

Members; Active, 23; honorary, none; total, 23. 

OFFICERS (Elected December 7, 1891.) 

President, Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, Wilmington. 
Vice-President, Hon. Leonard E. Wales, Wilmington. 
Secretary, Frank R. Carswell, Wilmington. 
Treasurer, Mild W. Locke, Wilmington. 
Registrar, Lawrence B. Jones, Wilmington. 
Chaplain, Revd. T. Gardiner Littell, D. D. 



WEST VIRGINIA. 



Organized, January 31, 1890. 

Date of Annual Meeting, September 11, to commem- 
orate the last seige of Fort Henry. 
Members: Active, 15; honorary, none; total, 15. 
OFFICERS (Elected July 4, 1891.) 

]'resident, John J. Jacob, Wheeling. 

Senior \Mce-President, William A. Morgan, Wheeling. 

Secretary, G. L. Cranmer, Wheeling. 

Treasurer, Colonel Robert White, Wheeling. 

Registrar and Historian, G. L. Cranmer. Wheeling. 



RHODE ISLAND. 



Organized, February i, 1890. 

Date of Annual Meeting, May 29th. 

Members: Active, 36; honorary, none; total, 36. 

OFFICERS (Elected June ig, 1891.) 

President, Alfred Stone, Providence. 

Vice-President, John Carter Brown Woods, Providence. 

Secretary, Amasa M. Eaton, Providence. 

Treasurer, Olney Arnold, Providence. 

Registrar, Edward Field, Providence. 

Historian, William E. Foster. Providence. 

Poet, Frederic Denison, Providence. 



ALABAMA. 



Organized, February 10, 1890. 
Members: 20. 

OFFICERS. 

President, Joseph F. Johnston, Birmingham. 

Senior Vice-President, Alfred Ross Lightfoot, Birmingham. 

Secretary, St. Georce T. C. Bryan, Birmingham. 



ARKANSAS. 



Organized, February 11, 1S90. 

Date of Annual Meeting, first Wednesday of January. 

Members: Active, 29; honorary, 23; total, 52. 

OFFICERS (Elected January 8, 1S91.) 

President, S. W. Williams, Little Rock. 
Senior Vice-President. R. A. Edgarton, Little Rock. 
Secretary, JosiAH H. Shinn, Little Rock. 
Treasurer, George F. Rozelle, Little Rock. 
Registrar, Josiah H. Shinn, Little Rock. 
Historian, Fay Hemtstead, Little Rock. 

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NEW YORK. 



Organized, February ii, 1890. 

Members: Active, 300; honorary, none; total, 300. 

OFFICERS (Elected February iS, 1892.) 

President, Chauncey M. Depew. 

Vice-President, John C. Calhoun. 

Secretary, G. Creighton Webb. 

Treasurer and Registrar, Edward Hagaman Hall. 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



Organized, April 19, 1890. 

Date of Annual Meeting, February 22, to commem- 
orate Washington's Birthday. 
Members; Active, 339; honorary,' 7; total, 34b. 

OFFICERS (Elected February 22, 1892.) 

President, Brig. -General A. W. Greely, U. S. A., 141 5 G Street, Washington. 

Senior Vice-President, Brig.-General J. C. Breckinridge, U. S. A., War De- 
partment, Washington. 

Secretaries, A. Howard Clark, Smithsonian Institution; Arnold Burges 
Johnson, Light House Board, Washington. 

Treasurer, William Van Zandt Cox, National Museum, Washington. 

Registrar, Dr. G. Brown Goode, Smithsonian Institution, Washington. 

Historian, Dr. F. O. St. Clair, Department of State, Washington. 

Chaplain, Revd. Thomas S. Childs, D. D., 1308 Connecticut Ave., Washington. 



NEBRASKA. 



Organized, April 26, 1890. 

Date of Annual Meeting, February 22, to commem- 
orate Washington's Birthday. 
Members: Active 15; honorary, none; total, 15. 

OFFICERS (Elected February 22, 1892.) 

President, W. W. Coi'ELAND, Omaha. 

Vice-Presidents, Dr. AuRELius BowEN, Nebraska City; W. H. Alexander, 

Omaha. 
Secretary, P. L. Perink, Omaha. 
Treasurer, Paul W. Kuhns, Omaha. 
Registrar and Historian, Revd. Luther M. Kuhns. 

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LOUISIANA. 



Organized, May i6, 1890. 
Members: 25. 

OFFICERS. 

Tresident, W. H. Jack, Natchitoches. 
Senior Vice-President, E. N. Pugh, Donaldsonville. 
2d Vice-President, J. M. Stallings, Lincoln. 
Secretary, T. Jones Cross, Baton Rouge. 
Treasurer, W. H. Pipes, Baton Rouge. 
Registrar, Jacob McWilliams, Baton Rouge. 
Historian, John H. Stone, Baton Rouge. 
Chaplain, Revd. W. R. Rutland, Baton Rouge. 



VIRGINIA. 

Organized, July 7, 1890. 

Date of Annual Meeting, May 15th, to commemorate 

Virginia Resolution of Independence. 
Members: Active, 31; honorary, none; total 31. 

OFFICERS (Elected January 23, 1892.) 

President, W. W. Henry, Richmond. 
Secretary, Thomas N. Carter, Richmond. 
Treasurer, Levin Joynes, Richmond. 
Registrar and Historian, R. A. Brock, Richmond. 



MAINE. 



Organized, April 9, 1891. 

Date of Annual Meeting, February 22d, to commem- 
orate Washington's Birthday. 
Members: Active, 71; honorary, none; total, 71. 

OFFICERS (Elected February 22, 1892.) 

President, John E. DeWitt, Portland. 

Vice-Presidents, Edward P. Burnham, Saco; George F. Talbot, Portland; 
Edward A. Butler, Rockland; JohnC. Talbot, Machias; James P. Bax- 
ter, Portland. 

Secretary, Revd. Henry S. Burrage, Portland. 

Treasurer, Eben Corey, Portland. 

Registrar, JosiAH H. Drummond, Portland. 

Historian, William B. Lapham, Augusta. 

Chaplain, FRANCIS B. Denis, Bangor. 

Librarian, Hubbard W. Bryant, Portland. 

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OREGON AND WASHINGTON. 



Organized, June 6, i8gi. 

Date of Annual Meeting, February 22d, to commem- 
orate Washington's Birthday. 
Members: Active, 40; honorary, none; total, 40. 

OFFICERS (Elected February 22, 1892.) 

President, Colonel Thomas M. Anderson, Vancouver Barracks, Wash. 

Vice-President, Lloyd Brooke, Portland, Ore. 

Secretary, Colonel J. K. Philips, U. S. Custom House, Portland, Ore. 

Treasurer, Charles N. Wait, Esq., Portland, Ore. 

Registrar, Lieut. A. Hasbrouck, Jr., Vancouver Barracks, Wash. 



KANSAS. 

Organized, March 31, 1892. 

Date of Annual Meeting, the third Wednesday in Jan- 
uary. 
Members: 15. 

OFFICERS (Elected March 31, 1892.) 

President, Avery Washburn, Topeka. 

Vice-Presidents, Frank H. Betton, J. L. Furber, Topeka. 

Secretary, Franklin G. Adams, Topeka. 

Treasurer, George D. Hale, Topeka. 

Registrar, T. E. Bowman, Topeka. 

Historian, Ulysses C. Spencer, Topeka. 




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